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Hi all,
Yesterday I went to the dealers to see what the bits looked like. The
axle is completely trashed as is the driveshaft. Because the axle
distorted it was rubbing on the driveshaft and the two were in danger
of welding together, so I'm glad I kept stopping to let it cool down.
The wheel bearing had apparently been held in place remarkably well
though, they had to get a small grinder in to get it apart. Darren's
welding solution would probably work better, but I didn't have any
welding rods and can't weld anyway.
I was surprised to find that the disc is OK, glad I didn't hit the brakes.
My next problem is that there doesn't seem to be an axle for an 80
series the same as mine in the whole of Iceland - they've got to fly
it in from somewhere. I'm really surprised at this - there are
Landcruisers of all sorts everywhere. I wonder why the parts are
different on a Jap import??? This means that one week of my two week
off-road camping holiday will be spent driving a Yaris and staying in
hotels. Bummer.
Since the last rebuild the bearing had done a few thousand kms on the
road and about 200km on gravel mountain tracks, some badly corrugated.
I asked the mechanic if they see this kind of failure often. He said
they don't see this kind of failure very often, usually only if you do
lots of water crossings and all the grease washes out, or if you
re-use the tab washers.
I've learnt a couple of lessons here: glad I took a good tool kit
complete with files, punches etc. I got one in a small briefcase from
Halfords for about 100 quid and it came in really handy.
I wish I had stopped earlier. When I first noticed the brakes pedal
going soft I thought that I must have split a brake pipe or something,
and kept going until there was somewhere convenient to stop. Maybe if
I had stopped earlier it would have been easier to bodge it all
together again.
Finally I have learn not to take the piss out of Landrovers until you
are on the way home........
More later.....
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Yesterday I went to the dealers to see what the bits looked like. The
axle is completely trashed as is the driveshaft. Because the axle
distorted it was rubbing on the driveshaft and the two were in danger
of welding together, so I'm glad I kept stopping to let it cool down.
The wheel bearing had apparently been held in place remarkably well
though, they had to get a small grinder in to get it apart. Darren's
welding solution would probably work better, but I didn't have any
welding rods and can't weld anyway.
I was surprised to find that the disc is OK, glad I didn't hit the brakes.
My next problem is that there doesn't seem to be an axle for an 80
series the same as mine in the whole of Iceland - they've got to fly
it in from somewhere. I'm really surprised at this - there are
Landcruisers of all sorts everywhere. I wonder why the parts are
different on a Jap import??? This means that one week of my two week
off-road camping holiday will be spent driving a Yaris and staying in
hotels. Bummer.
Since the last rebuild the bearing had done a few thousand kms on the
road and about 200km on gravel mountain tracks, some badly corrugated.
I asked the mechanic if they see this kind of failure often. He said
they don't see this kind of failure very often, usually only if you do
lots of water crossings and all the grease washes out, or if you
re-use the tab washers.
I've learnt a couple of lessons here: glad I took a good tool kit
complete with files, punches etc. I got one in a small briefcase from
Halfords for about 100 quid and it came in really handy.
I wish I had stopped earlier. When I first noticed the brakes pedal
going soft I thought that I must have split a brake pipe or something,
and kept going until there was somewhere convenient to stop. Maybe if
I had stopped earlier it would have been easier to bodge it all
together again.
Finally I have learn not to take the piss out of Landrovers until you
are on the way home........
More later.....
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European Land Cruiser Owners Mailing List
Further Info: http://www.landcruisers.info/